Every summer the parks round our village become pockmarked with little rectangles of burnt grass. These things are a disgrace. Total ban please. In our local park, I've seen families using disposable BBQs on the (very dry) grass - whilst sat next to vacant brick structures built specifically for th...

The newer Shimano brakes, where you can screw a bleed funnel into the lever housing, are an absolute doddle to bleed. Even the older type, where you have to take the cover off the lever housing, to expose the reservoir, are reasonably easy. Bleed up, from the caliper, and take your time, for good re...

Not condoning the farmer's actions, but I can predict that a lot of incidents lead up this, and he'd just had enough. I know how he feels, as my neighbours simply don't give a stuff about where they park, and it's doing my head in. I have to think positively, though, and just thank them for giving m...

Can't think of any situation where mudguards would be a hindrance

I have one word for you - clag.

What do you recommend for a bar extender please? You may not need a bar extender, if your Exposure has the wedge shaped bar mount, unscrew the bolt on the light and get a longer bolt, countersunk head of course, measure the distance to the screw head from the light and cut a piece of tubing accordi...

Time Team are doing a whole episode about me - it'll be on telly later this year

Pathe News, surely?

Ah , Cuckoo trail.

Sounds like a similar route to me - over to Southwater, then along the Downslink to the South Downs. Need to do a few bivvy trips that way, this year

Practiced being ruffty tufty out in Storm Eunice yesterday! Left home after the peak windspeeds had passed and rode/clambered over trees for five hours to get to the South Downs. It was wild on the tops so we bivied inside a hawthorn thicket like sheep. It worked perfectly. Up at 6am to savour a su...

I wouldn't use that as the 3rd strap goes around the headtube. That'll just cause wear to the paint/metal and abrade the strap. Look for something that straps to the fork crown instead. I concur - especially if there is no space between your top tube and your downtube, where they meet the headtube.

During last night's dog walk, I thought about this, a little more...

Retirement is the point at which you get to choose whether you waste your time, or not, after many years of having no real say in how other people waste it for you.

One of the nearest, to me, is just off Bob Lane - will have to hunt it out, next time I'm down that way

Ton, I would love to retire - but can't afford it, right now - just so I can choose whether I ride (or do other activities) or just do nothing in particular, rather than having pretty much every minute of my life either planned out for me, inconvenienced or interrupted. (May just be a mid-life crisi...

You could carry a 1 steel pin (runs for cover)

Is that a hand grenade reference?

Best wishes, on your latest lap round the sun.

Have a good one.

Boab wrote: ↑Mon Feb 21, 2022 4:50 pm Shirley we all just use the other side of our axe head to batter in our truculent tent pegs, no...?

OCD not severe enough to put orange squash in those bottles?

Just a quick query, to see how you folks deal with this. If I'm car camping, with the big tent, then I just take the big tent pegs and a rubber mallet. When bikepacking and backpacking, however, weight and space suggest that lighter pegs , and no hammer are the order of the day. Suggestions welcome.

Another Wildcat Lion user, here, and can't speak of them highly enough. Rock solid, light, easy to access your dry bag. Used in conjunction with a tiger seatpack and a home made Frame bag, to make a very useable and secure setup. Also have the lioness add-on pack, too. Haven't had chance to use that...

Anybody else too slow to get the "random bloke in Wales" reference, straight away?

Lighter weight, mesh fabric. Nae pockets. Full length zip. Can be washed at 60c to help kill bacteria. But mostly it has the slogan "Going Nowhere Fast" emblazoned across it in large letters. Ah, https://images2.fanpop.com/image/photos/12300000/Rab-C-Nesbitt-Promos-rab-c-nesbitt-12361965-...

Lighter weight, mesh fabric. Nae pockets. Full length zip. Can be washed at 60c to help kill bacteria. But mostly it has the slogan "Going Nowhere Fast" emblazoned across it in large letters. Nae jersey, at all, surely... Lighter Cooler Cheaper Also nae pockets (does a belly button count?...

I recently bought this ( it's my LBS anyway) and was impressed. It has a lip so it does not drop into steerer ( like hope ones do -though mine are decades old ) Fitted and works fine https://www.merlincycles.com/bbb-bap-03-powerhead-11-8-headset-compressor-62723.html I have something very similar, ...

:lol: I've already sent a strongly worded email to Wordle. Warned them of going down the road of Uber, Meta and those other shit-heads. Some things are worth fighting for...just like the this wildcamping lark. Don't worry about Wordle going down the road of Uber & Meta - they only have 4 letter...

Just been planning my first dogpacking trip, too. Walk to local train station, shortish journey to Christ's Hospital, hiking up the Downslink (old railway line) to a campsite, visit pub, crash at campsite, reverse trip home. Also thinking that a 2 man tent would be better that a tarp, to stop doggy ...

slarge wrote: ↑Sat Feb 05, 2022 10:44 am They look easy Stu. You take a big sheet of steel, an English wheel and an hour later you have an e type bonnet. What could possibly go wrong?

You own a Mini? (a proper one)